A living reference atlas

Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

Five thousand religious, mystical, Indigenous and esoteric lineages from around the world — what they are, where they came from, and where to read more.

Source-linked and transparently qualified. Editorial standards and correction criteria are public.

Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

Entries: 5,000
Candidate geography relations: 7,326
Candidate country vocabulary: 162

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Atlas 0007Initiatory

Martinism

Christian Mysticism Lineage / school

Public geography: France
Period / origin: late 19th century–present, drawing on 18th-century sources
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 0058Scholarly / historical only

Rosicrucian Order of Alpha et Omega

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: France, United Kingdom, United States
Period / origin: early 20th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance, United Kingdom, United States

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Atlas 0071Open / public

Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Order / organization

Public geography: France, United Kingdom, United States
Period / origin: c. 1884–late 19th/early 20th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance, United Kingdom, United States

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Atlas 0072Initiatory

Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis–Misraïm

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: France, Italy
Period / origin: 19th century–present claimant jurisdictions
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesFrance, Italy

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Atlas 0119Open / public

Modern Cathar revival and consolamentum reconstructions

Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Religious tradition

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 19th/20th century–present revival of medieval Catharism
Evidence status: Identity not independently verified

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 0183Open / public

Grand Grimoire / Red Dragon reception and pact narratives

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 18th–19th century textual formation; later occult reception
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 0537Open / public

Early Provençal Kabbalah / Isaac the Blind Circle

Jewish Mysticism Religious tradition

Public geography: France
Period / origin: late 12th–early 13th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 0571Open / public

Église Gnostique of Jules Doinel

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: France
Period / origin: founded 1890; successor churches thereafter
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 0711Open / public

Raëlian Movement

Modern Spiritual Movements New religious movement

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 1974–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 0714Scholarly / historical only

Order of the Solar Temple

Modern Spiritual Movements Order / organization

Public geography: Canada, Switzerland, France
Period / origin: 1984–1997 chiefly
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesCanada, Switzerland, France

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Atlas 0742Not applicable

Micro-phenomenology

Consciousness & Psychical Research Research field / method

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 1990s/2000s–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 0751Initiatory

Rite of Misraïm

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: France, Italy
Period / origin: Late 18th–early 19th century formation; later survivals and revivals
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance, Italy

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Atlas 0752Initiatory

Rite of Memphis

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 1830s formation; later survivals and revivals
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 0768Initiatory

Rectified Scottish Rite

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Switzerland, France
Period / origin: 1770s–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesSwitzerland, France

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Atlas 0770Initiatory

French Rite of Freemasonry

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 18th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 0771Initiatory

Adonhiramite Rite

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Brazil, France, Portugal
Period / origin: 18th century–present in some jurisdictions
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesBrazil, France, Portugal

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Atlas 0772Scholarly / historical only

Order of the Royal Secret (twenty-five-degree system)

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 1760s–early 19th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 0773Scholarly / historical only

Egyptian Rite of Cagliostro

Western Esotericism & Initiatory Rite / ceremony

Public geography: France
Period / origin: 1780s
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 0790Initiatory

Ordre Martiniste of Papus

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: France
Period / origin: Founded 1888; Supreme Council organized 1891; disrupted during the 20th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesFrance

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Atlas 0791Initiatory